Sirach 20:17
Good News Translation
And he's right--he's a constant joke to everyone.

New Revised Standard Version
How many will ridicule him, and how often!

Contemporary English Version
They deserve to be mocked, and few people will pass up the chance.

New American Bible
How many will ridicule him, and how often!

Douay-Rheims Bible
A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds.

Sirach 20:15
He will give a few things, and upbraid much: and the opening of his mouth is the kindling of a fire.

Sirach 20:16
To day a man lendeth, and to morrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful.

Sirach 20:18
For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn!

Sirach 20:19
For he doth not distribute with right understanding that which was to be had: in like manner also that which was not to be had.

Context
Sirach 20
16To day a man lendeth, and to morrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful. 17A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds. 18For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn!…
Cross References
Sirach 20:15
He will give a few things, and upbraid much: and the opening of his mouth is the kindling of a fire.

Sirach 20:16
To day a man lendeth, and to morrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful.

Sirach 20:18
For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn!

Sirach 20:19
For he doth not distribute with right understanding that which was to be had: in like manner also that which was not to be had.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 20:16
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